Proposal Evaluation and External Review (PEER)

The Proposal Evaluation and External Review (PEER) program is open to all Principal Investigators in every field of study.

The goal of the program is to help researchers obtain quality feedback on their grant applications prior to submission to an external funding agency, to strengthen the merits of the proposal and to improve the likelihood of acceptance for funding. To that end, the Office of Research will provide a payment of $500 to external reviewers to read and assess eligible grant applications prior to their submission to external funding agencies. No more than one reviewer per proposal will be approved for payment.

The application form and proposal must be submitted to kucrpeer@ku.edu at least 30 calendar days prior to the funding agency’s proposal submission deadline.

The external peer reviewer may not be a State of Kansas employee (including KU and all other Board of Regents institutions).

The peer reviewer must be demonstrably qualified to conduct the review and be endorsed by the PI’s chair/unit director.

The peer reviewer must sign a written confidentiality agreement concerning the proposal and must agree to provide the KU researcher with written feedback within 10 days.

Prior to submission of this application, the KU researcher should make preliminary contact with the reviewer to confirm that he or she is willing to conduct the review in accordance with these guidelines.